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Tuesday, April 9

Pupil-Teacher Ratio to be maintained in a School as per the provision of RTE Act, 2009


Following Pupil –Teacher Ratio to be maintained in each school as per schedule of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
For the purpose of maintaining the Pupil-Teacher Ratio no teacher posted in a school to be made to serve in any other school or office or deployed for any non-educational purpose, other than those specified in section 27.

 

The Ratio to be maintained in each school:

 

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Sl No.        Item                                           Ratio to be maintained
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1
Number of Teachers:
(a) For first class to            fifth class
Admitted children    Up to Sixty
  Number of teachers   Two
Between sixty-one to ninety
  Three
Between Ninety-one to one hundred and twenty
  Four
Between One hundred and twenty-one to two hundred
  Five
Above One hundred and fifty children
  Five plus one Head – Teacher
Above Two hundred children
Pupil-Teacher Ration (excluding Head – teacher) shall not exceed forty.
(b) For sixty class to            eighth class
(1) At least one teacher per class so that there shall be at least one teacher each for—-
(i) Science and Mathematics
(ii) Social Studies;
(iii) Languages.
(2) At least one teacher for every thirty-five children.
(3) Where admission of children is above one hundred—
(i) a full time head – teachers;
(ii) part time instructors for—
(A) Art Education;
(B) Health and Physical Education;
(C) Work Education.

 

 

 

 

 

See section 25 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009